Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78

His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it emerged to become an American institution.

​His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it emerged to become an American institution. Deaths (Obituaries), Pop and Rock Music, Music, Grateful Dead, Weir, Bob (1947- ), Lung Cancer, Las Vegas (Nev), San Francisco (Calif)